Exposure to OPE can be measured by quantifying their metabolites in urine, or parent compounds in environmental samples, such as indoor air, hand wipes, house dust or wristbands. For more details see Exposure to Organophosphate Ester (OPE) Flame Retardants & Plasticizers.
Biospecimens: Volume requirement - Typically 0.1-1.0 mL of urine
Core analytes (subset of analytes that will be measured and reported by any targeted HHEAR Lab Hub that provides OPE analysis in urine):
- Bis(2-chloroethyl) phosphate (BCEP)
- Bis(1-chloro-2-propyl) phosphate (BCIPP)
- Bis(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate (BDCIPP)
- Dibenzyl phosphate
- Dibutyl phosphate (DNBP)
- Di-o-cresylphosphate
- Di-p-cresylphosphate
- Diphenyl phosphate (DPHP)
Environmental Samples: Volume requirements: 500 milligrams of dust (the parent trieester phosphates are measured in environmental samples)
- Bis (2,4-diisopropylphenyl) phenyl phosphate
- Bis(2-isopropylphenyl) phenyl phosphate
- Bis (3-isopropylphenyl) phenyl phosphate
- Bis (4-isopopylphenyl) phenyl phosphate
- bis(4-tert-butylphenyl) phenyl phosphate
- 2,4-Diisopropylphenyl diphenyl phosphate
- Dioctyl phenylphosphonate
- 2-Ethylhexyl diphenyl phosphate
- Isodecyl diphenyl phosphate
- 2-Isopropylphenyl diphenyl phosphate
- 3-Isopropylphenyl diphenyl phosphate
- 4-Isopropylphenyl dipheynyl phosphate
- Tris(2-isopropyl phenyl) phosphate
- Tris(3-isopropylphenyl) phosphate
- Tris(4-isopropylphenyl) phosphate
- Tris(4-tert-butylphenyl) phosphate
- Tri-(2-butoxyethyl)-phosphate
- 4-tert-butylphenyl diphenyl phosphate
- Tributylphosphine oxide
- Tris (2-chloro-ethyl) phosphate
- Tris (1-chloro-isopropyl) phosphate
- Tris (2,3-dibromopropyl) phosphate
- Tris (2,4-dichloro-isopropyl) phosphate
- Tris(3,5-dimethyl phenyl) phosphate
- Tetraethyl ethylenediphosphonate
- Tris(2-ethylhexyl) phosphate
- Triethyl phosphate
- Tri-iso-butyl-phosphate
- Triisopropyl phosphate
- Tri-m-cresyl phosphate
- Trimethyl phosphate
- Tri-n-butyl-phosphate
- Tri-o-cresyl phosphate
- Tri-p-cresyl phosphate
- Triphenyl phosphate
- Tripentyl phosphate
- Triphenylphosphine oxide
- Tripropyl phosphate